Traffic-signal.



J. L. AMES.

TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

APPLICATION msn MAR. 29. |911.

1,250,265. Patented De@ 1s, 1917.A

Witness selectively shifted from a concealed posi` UNITED JAMES L. AMES, NEWTON, KANSAS.

TRAFFIC-SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed March 279, 1917. Serial No. 158,210.

This invention relates to traffic signals, the object in view being to provide a signal' capable of being applied. to the present day automobile or motor vehicle and embodying means whereby slgnalmg membersmay be tion to a signaling position to indicate when the operator of the vehicle intends to make a turn to the right or to the left.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to so construct and arrange the parts of the signaling apparatus as a whole, that either one of the signaling members may be individually operated, independently of the other, and automatically locked in its signaling position, where it will remain until unlocked by the operator and' permitted to return by gravity to its concealed position, at the same time preventing the rattling thereof. v v

Vit-h the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Fi ire 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a. su cient portion of a motor vehicle to illustrate the signaling apparatus in its applied relation thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the signaling apparatus detached.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same. f 1 1 4 ig. 4 is a ragmentar section on t 1e ine 4 4 of Fig. 1. :y

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken in line with the pivot of the signaling members.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 66 of Fig. 3.

The signaling apparatus contemplated in this invention comprises a vertically elongated housing 1 of sufficient dimensions to contain a plurality of signaling members 2 and 3, the housing 1 being open at its outer side as indicated'at l to allow the signaling members to be shifted into said housmg and to be projected therefrom in the manner indicated in Fig. 3.

Two of such signaling members are illustrated in the drawings,A one containing the word left and the other containing the word right, although other symbols FFICE.l i

of direction may be employed. The signal- `ing members 2 and 3 are mounted upon a common pivot 5 shown in the form of a bolt inserted through the opposite side walls of the housing 1 and through the inner and upper end portions of the signaling meml 1ers' 2 and 3. The. housingl is provided onA the inner side thereof with an L-shaped clamp 6 adapted to be slipped over the side wall T of a. vehicle as shown in Fig. 1 and fastened by means of a clamping screw 8. Adjacentto its lower end the housing 1 -is formed with a bolt hole Sto receive. a bolt which may be also inserted through the side memloer 7 of the vehicle body, the housing 1 being thus rigidly fastened to the bod Secured to the instrumentl board 10 -of the vehicle. body is a support 11 shown as comprising the substantially parallel bars 12 and 13 and the ends clamps 1l which are substantially U-shaped and open at ltheir upper sides. The clamps 14 are adapted to fit under and embrace the instrument board 10, being secured thereto by clamping screws 15 as shown in Fig. 4.

' Journalcd in the parallel bars 12 and 13 of the support 11 and extending therethrough are parallel shafts 16 each of which is provided at its rear end with a hand grip 17 shown preferably in the form of a wheel, and having rigidly secured thereto between the bars 12 and 13, signal operatingr arms 1S.

Rods 19 arepivotallv attached at one end to the arms 18 and are pivotally attached at theiropposite extremities to the upper extremities of the signaling members .2 and 3 as yshown in Fig. 3. the rods lil werking through an opening :20 in the inside wall of the housing 1.

Arranged within thev lower portion of the housing 1 are substantially U-shaped spring clips 21 adapted to receive and engage the adjacent edges of the signaling members 2 and 3 when the latter are within the housing 1 and concealed. rl`he clips 21 frictionally hold the signaling members and prevent the same from rattling. They are not saili- `ciently strongfhowever to .prevent the signaling members'rom being shited to their projecting or signaling positions.

By reference yto Fig. 3 it will be noted that the outer extremities of the rods 19 are deflected downwardly as shown at 2Q- so that the points of attachment 230i said rodsto the arms 18 will pass below a line extended' t through the shafts i6 and the points oiatibi- -thejsignaling members', The result of the swings 'taclament 24: Where said rods 19 connect 'to to'its concealed position.

to fasten all -ot Only one bolt vis required the signaling apparatus to a motor vehicle,4

the remainder of the derficel-is clamped to .the side of the body andito the instrument `board as hereinabove explained and as will 'appear rom the accompanying drawings.

claimz .Lin a tramo signal, the `combination of Va plurality of pivoted signaling members pivotally mounted therein, a bearing supvport, a plurality of signalfoperating shafts you'rnaled in said bearingsnpport, arms eX- Vtending from said` shafts, and connecting rods terminally attached to said arms at i Vone end and 'terminally `attached at their y opposite ertremities to saidv signaling memmemset bers, the extremities of saidrods which connect with said operating arms being 'deieeted so as to partially embrace and contact with their respective operating shafts and passbeyond a line extended through the operating shafts and the points of attachmeutbetween said rods and signaling members, whereby each signaling member is automatically locked in its signaling position.

2. In a tralie signal, the combination of a housing, a plurality of signalinginembers, a bearing support, a plurality of signal operating shafts journaled in said bearing support, arms extending from said shafts, connecting rods terminally attached to said arms at one end and terminally attached at their opposite extremities to said signaling members, the extremities of said rods whill connect with said operating arms being deected so as to partially embrace and Contact with their respective operating shafts and passy beyond a line .extended through the operating shafts and the points of attachment between said rods and signaling meml bers, whereby each signaling member is automatically locked in its signaling position,- and spring clips which rictionally engage and retain said signaling members in their housed positions.

' ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two 'witnesses y JAMES L; AMES. Witnesses:

EVA F. Permanenti,- L. JEAN MCARTHUR.

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